PENTACHLOROPHENOL


Meaning of PENTACHLOROPHENOL in English

|pentə+ noun

Etymology: penta- + chlorophenol

: a crystalline compound C 6 Cl 5 OH made by reaction of hexachlorobenzene with sodium hydroxide or of chlorine with phenol and used chiefly as a wood preservative, fungicide, and disinfectant usually in solution in hydrocarbon oils or in a water solution of its sodium salt

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